National Ag News
Cornell’s oral calcium study in dairy cattle shows unexpected benefits
Oct 16, 2017, 17:19 PM
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A Cornell University study shows unexpected benefits from providing oral calcium to dairy cattle. Dr. Bill Zimmer is with BioVet, which co-sponsored the study with the New York Farm Viability Institute. He tells Brownfield the biggest surprise was in first-calf heifers. “First-calf heifers that had a high body condition score, so they were overweight, probably going to suffer from some issues with fatty liver and things like that as lactation started, and then cows that were in-calf for more than 277 days which would probably be the ones that were over-conditioned as well.
